Gun-mount.



No. 800,460. PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905. J. F. MBIGS & H. R. COLLINS.-

GUN MOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE, 1903.

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PATENTBD SEPT. 26, 1905.

No. 800,460. I

J. P. MBIGS 6': H. R. COLLINS.

GUN MOUNT.

AIPLIOATION nun mm 24, 1903.

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K o l RI '1 Q Q o o O O o u 0 Et/ n Q0 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. MEIGS AND HARRY R. COLLINS, OF SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PENN- SYLVANIA,ASSIGNORS TO BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, OF SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA,A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GUN-MOUNT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed June 24, 1903. Serial No. 162,922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN F. Mines and HARRY R. COLLINS, citizens of theUnited States, residing at South Bethlehem, in the county of Northamptonand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gun-Mounts, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to gun-mounts of that character in which a shieldis supported by the pivot-yoke of the gun; and it consists in aninterposed tubular connection between the shield and the pivot-yoke andin certain details of construction fully set forth hereinafter andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is asectional plan of suflicient of agun-mount to illustrate our invention;Fig. 2, an elevation in section through the shield; Fig. 3, a front viewof the cross-piece connecting the two brackets. Fig. 4 is a plan view,in part section, illustrating different means for securing theconnection between theshield and pivot-yoke. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the tubular bracket shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The pivot-yoke A is mounted upon a suitable support or pedestal B andsupports the trunnions of the sleeve O, in which moves the gun D, asusual.

The shield E, of any suitable'form, extending across the front of thepivot-yoke and backward on opposite sides of the same, is recessed forthe passage of the barrel of the gun. The shield is supported and bracedin its position through the medium of verticallyarranged tubular membersF, which may each consist of a continuous bracket or tube, to which theshield is attached, as shown in Fig. l, or in part by extensions of thepivot-yoke and in part by the shield, as in Fig. 4. In either case thetubular construction between the shield and the side of the pivot-yokeproper affords a much stronger and more rigid support for the shieldthan heretofore and secures an increased bolting area, and consequentlya stronger attachment.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3 the outer side of each side ofthe pivot-yoke is provided with asunken panel or recess into which thebracket fits, thereby securing a more rigid support for the bracket,which is bolted to the pivot-yoke through the medium the two brackets onthe opposite sides may I be connected by means of a connecting-piece G,the ends, as shown, being fitted and bolted to the lips 7 or otherwisesecured to the brackets, the cross-piece extending between the bracketsbelow the gun, as best shown in Fig. 2.

In the construction shown in Fig. 4, where the tubular connection isformed in part by the bracket F, and in part by the shield itself,blocks 8 may be interposed between the inturned ends of the brackets andthe shield, being clamped in place by means of the connecting-bolts. Wedo not here claim specifically the construction illustrated in Fig. 4,as this constitutes the subject of a separate application for LettersPatent, Serial N 0. 162,923.

In the two forms of the invention illustrated, respectively, in Figs. 1and 4 the shield is vertically arranged and extends rearwardly past thepi vot-yokes, and there are arms or connections extending outward fromthe pivot-yoke to the shield in front and rear of the trunnions of thegun. In Fig. I the arms which support the shield on each side of the gunconstitute parts of tubular side or lateral brackets, as shown in Fig.5. In Fig. 4 the arms at front and rear of the trunnions are bolteddirectly to the shield and are integral with the pivotyoke. In thisfigure we also have a tubular construction which afiords a rigid supportfor the shield. The present invention consists, broadly, in arranginglateral tubular constructions between the sides of the pivot-yoke and ashield extending in front and rear of the pivot-yoke or of the trunnionsof the gun at both sides thereof.

Without limiting ourselves to the construction shown, we claim- 1. Thecombination with a gun and its pivotyoke, of a shield extending past thepivot- In order to supported from the pivot-yoke by verticallyarrangedtubular constructions.

3. The pivot-yoke and shield of a gun combined with intermediate tubularconnections, and a cross-piece connecting them to each other in front ofthe pivot-yoke, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the pivot-yoke of a gun, of a shield, and twotubular brackets bolted each to one side of the pivot-yoke and to theadjacent side of the shield, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the pivot-yoke of a gun, of a shield, twotubular brackets bolted each to one side of the pivot-yoke and to theadjacent side of the shield, and semi-elastic material clamped betweenthe shield and brackets, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with a recessed pivotyoke of a gun, of a shield, andtwo tubular of a continuous tube bolted to one side of the pivot-yokeand to the shield, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination with the pivot-yoke and shield of a gun, ofinterposed brackets each bolted to the pivot-yoke and shield and havinga lip projecting in front of the forward edge of the side of thepivot-yoke, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. MEIGS. HARRY R. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

EDWIN A. MILLER, EARL G. RUSH.

